Emart Matang staff free from TB, assures management
KUCHING: The management of Emart Matang yesterday refuted the news on tuberculosis ( TB) associated with the hypermarket, which has gone viral on social media.
Emart Group of Companies assistant manager (group marketing) Alan Bong assures the public that Emart Matang is safe and free from this disease.
“This statement was confirmed by the Sarawak Health Department recently. Members of the public may contact the State Health Department (via) main line 082473 200 for further clarification,” he said during a press conference at Emart Matang yesterday.
According to Bong, 153 Emart Matang employees have undergone health screening and all of them are confirmed TBfree.
He also pointed out that the claims about two Emart Matang staff members having contracted the disease was ` misleading’, saying that one of them is a former employee who contracted the disease after having resigned from the job, while the other has a medical record related to TB but is not found to be infected by the disease.
Bong also wanted to clarify another news, which has been spreading via WhatsApp voice note message, stating that an Emart employee had succumbed to TB.
“This said information, in Hakka Chinese dialect, claims that an Emart staff member died from TB recently. This, too, is not true,” he said.
In this regard, Bong said Emart Matang would collaborate with Sarawak Health Department and Normah Medical Specialist
This statement was confirmed by the Sarawak Health Department recently. Members of the public may contact the state Health Department (via) main line 082-473 200 for further clarification.
Centre in conducting a talk on TB and a free health screening at Emart Matang Commercial Centre here this Sunday ( March 10).
“The TB disease awareness talk will commence at 2.30pm. It is meant to enhance public knowledge of this disease and the prevention methods.
“Members of the public are also welcome to come for the free health screening, running from 10am until 2pm,” he added.
Additionally, Emart members are set to get special rates for TB screening at Normah Medical Specialist Centre upon presenting their Emart membership cards at the registration counter.
It is learnt that this will coincide with Normah Medical Specialist Centre’s `Women’s Day’ event this weekend.
At the end of the press conference yesterday, Bong and members of Emart Matang management and staff gathered to show the results of their TB tests and X-ray scans to reporters – confirming that all of them are TB-free.
Emart Group of Companies managing director Ngu Ting Sii was also present.
For the record, TB is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which usually attacks the lungs but can also damage other organs.
This disease spreads through the air when an infected person coughs, spits, sneezes or talks.
In most cases, TB is curable.
Alan Bong, Emart Group of Companies assistant manager (group marketing)